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| Jazz Sebastian Bach | 
 enlarge | Creators: Johann Sebastian Bach, Pierre Michelot, Andre Arpino, Gus Wallez
Label: Decca
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
Buy New: $7.21
You Save: $4.77 (40%)
Buy New/Used from $6.01
Avg. Customer Rating:  (6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 36948
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.3
MPN: 542552
UPC: 731454255226
EAN: 0731454255226
ASIN: B00004UFOL
Release Date: April 24, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | The Art Of Fugue, BWV 1080: Fugue in D Minor | | • | Schubler's Book, BWV 645: Choral No.1 'Wake, Arise, The Voices Call Us' | | • | Orchestral Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068: Aria | | • | The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 880: Prelude No.11 in F Major | | • | English Suite No.2 in A Minor, BWV 807: Bourree | | • | The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 871: Fugue No.2 in C Minor | | • | The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 850: Fugue No.5 in D Major | | • | The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 878: Prelude No.9 | | • | Partita No.2 in C Minor, BWV 826: Sinfonia | | • | The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870: Prelude No.1 in C Major | | • | Canon | | • | Two-Part Invention No.1 in C Major: BWV 772 | | • | The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 874: Fugue No.5 in D Major |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
CASING NOT GOOD November 5, 2007
THE MUSIC IS FINE, THE CASING SYSTEM IS NOT THE CONVENTIONAL STYLE, INSTEAD IS A CARDBOARD MATERIAL THAT OVERLAPS THE CD AND, IN MY OPINION WILL DETERIORATE IN TIME.
 The music is great, but don't be fooled October 3, 2007
The music/singing is great, just as expected, but don't be fooled by "2-volume" edition - with the total length of about 50 min, it could easily fit one CD. Not exactly dishones, but below expectations from Philips.
Original is the best. April 10, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the original recording of the '60s Swingle Singers. It focuses on Bach and provides entertaining and intricate renditions of his works. I recently saw the New Swingle Singers, who were very good, but they are diverging into jazz and often sound like Manhattan Transfer. Their newer CDs all begin to sound alike. I prefer the original artistry.
 Swinging Bach December 30, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
When the Swingle Singers take on Bach's polyphony at full speed, it's exhilarating. Very cleanly done, very fun, and the jazz drums and bass add nicely to the sound.
Like many people, I have a soft spot for this group because my parents listened to them. (Next time your favorite retro-hipster starts in, pop this disk in, followed by a little Switched-On Bach, and let the love/hate debate begin.)
I could have done without a few of the slow Bach chestnuts featured here (maybe the "Wachet Auf" wasn't overdone in 1963), but the strong numbers, such as the mini-epic "Sinfonia", with a great soprano solo, carry the album to a higher plane. The drummer overplays in a few spots, but overall this record just plain works.
Recommended.
I've been looking for this for a LONG time... June 18, 2005
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I loved listening to this with my Dad in the 60's and 70's and had always wanted a "clean" copy of my own. I have the original LP, but the pops and hisses now mar the recording and let's face it, a CD is a lot easier to listen to. This is NOT the title or album cover of the LP issued in the US, but IS the same recording as the "Bach's Greatest Hits" LP released here in 1963 (or 1964) with the white album cover and grey line drawings of Bach et al. It is just as I remebered it. What a nice memory.
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